Floating corner bead



De@ 5, 1933. H. J. wlLHoYTE FLOTING CORNER BEAD Filed Feb. 8. 1932 HlsATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 5, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ApplicationFebruary 8,

' 2 Claims.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in oating cornerbeads, and has for its principal object the provision of an improvedconstruction of this character which will be highly eiiicient in use andeconomical to manufacture.

It is common knowledge that the cracking of plaster in the corners vofrooms and buildings is commonly caused by the shrinking, settling orsagging of the corner studding and it is an object of this invention toprovide new, improved, and inexpensive means to prevent ythe cracking ofplaster in the corners of a room or building.

Another object of the invention is to4 provide new and improved meansfor preventing movement of the intersecting corner portions of plasterboards relative to each other should the corner studdingk adjacent saidcorner port-ions shrink, sag or settle.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention in use Fig. 2 isa fragmentary top plan view on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an element embodied in the invention;and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another element embodied in theinvention.

In the drawing, which illustrates a preferred and practical embodimentof the invention 1U and 11 indicate the corner studdings of a room and12 and 13 indicate other studdings in the side walls.

My invention includes a bead or strip indicated generally at 14, formedof any 'suitable material such, for example, as metal, and shaped so Aasto fit in the corner 15 provided by the studdings ll() and 11; the beador strip 14 including arms l16 and 1'7 in each of which is provideda-series of apertures 18.

The bead or strip 14 is supportedin the corner 15 by supporting stripsor laths 19 and 20. The laths 19 have portions 21 inserted vthrough theapertures 18 in arm 16 of the strip or bead 14, these portions 21 beingbent back upon the laths 19, the other ends of which are supported byand attached to the studding 11 by suitable fastening elements such asnails 22 or the like.

The laths 20 have portions 23, similar to the portions 21 and theseportions 23 are inserted through the apertures 18 in arm 17 of bead orstrip 14 and are bent back upon the laths 20, the other ends of whichare secured to the studding 12 by suitable fastening elements such asnails 24 or the like.

1932. Serial No. 591,714

1 and .2.the end portion 26a of the plaster boardy 26 fits between theclips 25 and the arm 17 of the strip or bead 14; the end edge 26D of theboard 26 abutting the arm 16 of strip or bead 14.

A common cause o1 the cracking of plaster is the shrinkage, settling andsagging of the corner studdings 10 and 11, and consequent settling andsagging of the plaster board such as 26 and 27 over which the plaster islaid. It is to be noted that the bead or strip 14 which I provide in myinvention is not attached to the corner studding 10 and l1 but ioatsrelatively thereto so that if these studding shrink, settle, or sag, thebead or strip 14 will be held immovable by the laths `19 and 20 and thusthe end portions 26a and 27a of the plaster boards 26 and 27 will beheld immovable relative to each other and to the bead or strip 14whereby ,the plaster vlaid upon` the boards 26 and 27 will be preventedfrom cracking in the corner should the studdings 10 and 11 shrink, sagor settle. k

While I have illustrated and described the pre-V ferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention. VI, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and. modiiications as come within they,

scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what ll'. claim as new and desire` toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. In building construction, va strip of material including intersectingarms `for abutment against the corner studdings of a building,supporting strips each having oner end portion attached to one of saidarms'and'each having its other end attached to a support, intersectingplaster boards,

one of said boards having an end edge abuttingA one of said arms, andclips on said rst-named strip for the reception of an end portion of theother of said boards.

2. In building construction, a strip of material

